Charles Fillmore Quotes

I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.

The most powerful predictable people builders are praise and encouragement.

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.

A little praise goes a great ways.

Nothing else so inspires and heartens people as words of appreciation. You and I may soon forger the words of encouragement and appreciation that we utter now, but the person to whom we have spoken them may treasure them and repeat them to themselves over a lifetime

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

I think every human being in the world appreciates being encouraged and acknowledged.

Sometimes you have to praise players.

It's nice to have a lot of people supportive of what I'm doing.

People flourish if they’re praised.

You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much.

We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.

One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

My mom has a very subtle way of encouraging.

Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.

My parents really encouraged me.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Randy said I could call him for anything, Paula said that she loved me and said how much of a star I was. Simon was like, keep up the good work and I'll have nothing to worry about.

Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.

I like the big ups. I'm into the big ups.

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.